Working with jQuery

This month our topic is Working with jQuery:

Responsive Design and jQuery Mobile with Troy Miles

"Mobile First!", is the new cry of web designers worldwide. But how do you do it? Do you have to scrap all of your current web skills? Is it magic created by wizard-like designers which could never be understood by mere mortals? Believe it or not with the combination of jQuery Mobile and CSS3 Media Queries, you can easily create a site which looks good on phone, tablet, or desktop.

In this talk, Troy will show how to build a simple responsively designed web site using jQuery Mobile version 1.3.1. He will begin with a design for mobile, expand it to support tablet in both landscape and portrait modes, and finally show how to take advantage of the desktop's big screen. We will also discuss some of the pitfalls of responsive design and potential work-arounds for them.

All of the code and slides will be available after the talk.

About Troy Miles (@therockncoder (http://twitter.com/therockncoder))

A designer and developer of software since 1979, Troy began his career writing games in assembly and C. Since then he has written code in C++, C#, Objective-C, Java, JavaScript and even a smidgen of Python. Along the way, some of his titles have won awards, he became a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, and in 2012, he won a developer challenge at a local Microsoft Windows Phone Unleashed event.

His passion since 2007 has been mobile and mobile web development. In 2011, he joined the mobile development team at Kelley Blue Book. His small team is responsible for the KBB.com application for iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone 7 and the mobile versions of KBB.com. Troy also spends time talking to developer groups and maintaining his blog, The Rock n Coder (http://therockncoder.blogspot.com/). Find him on LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/troy-miles/1/632/751)

Understanding this and Modifying Special Effects with Natalie MacLees

About Natalie MacLees

Natalie MacLees is a front-end web developer and UI designer and is founder + principal of the interactive agency, Purple Pen Productions. In 2012 she published jQuery for Designers with Packt Publishing. She founded and runs the jQuery LA Users' Group and together with Noel Saw she heads up the Southern California WordPress User’s Group, organizing WordPress meetups, help sessions, and workshops. She makes her online home at nataliemac.com.

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Cost

Thanks to our generous sponsor, this meetup will be free for everyone to attend.

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Our Sponsors

Q

Q is sponsoring a meetup space for us. Please thank them for their generosity: @qconnects (http://twitter.com/qconnects)

SoftLayer

SoftLayer is sponsoring food and drink for us. Please thank them for their generosity: @SoftLayer (http://twitter.com/SoftLayer)

SoftLayer is an API-driven, globally present infrastructure provider helping companies scale their applications. In recent years, SoftLayer has launched the Catalyst startup program, which seeks to infuse startups with free hosting for a year, mentorship, and marketing resources.

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Parking and Location

Plentiful parking is available at the Howard Hughes Promenade across the street for $2. Avoid the parking structure behind 6080 Center Drive - it's crazy expensive.